1894 National League

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The 1894 season of the National League was the nineteenth season of the league.

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Season summary[edit]

Standings[edit]

Bold indicates league champion
Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB RS (RS/G) RA (RA/G) AVG OBP SLG ERA FPCT
1 Baltimore Orioles 129 89 39 1 .690 -.- 1171 (9.08) 819 (6.35) 0.343 0.407 0.483 5.00 0.944
2 New York Giants 137 88 44 5 .642 3.0 940 (6.86) 789 (5.76) 0.301 0.364 0.409 3.83 0.924
3 Boston Beaneaters 133 83 49 1 .624 8.0 1220 (9.17) 1002 (7.53) 0.331 0.395 0.484 5.41 0.925
4 Philadelphia Phillies 129 71 57 1 .550 18.0 1143 (8.86) 966 (7.49) 0.349 0.408 0.476 5.63 0.935
5 Brooklyn Grooms 134 70 61 3 .522 20.5 1021 (7.62) 1007 (7.51) 0.313 0.374 0.440 5.51 0.928
6 Cleveland Spiders 130 68 61 1 .523 21.5 932 (7.17) 896 (6.89) 0.303 0.365 0.414 4.97 0.935
7 Pittsburgh Pirates 132 65 65 2 .492 25.0 955 (7.23) 972 (7.36) 0.312 0.370 0.443 5.60 0.936
8 Chicago Colts 135 57 75 3 .422 34.0 1041 (7.71) 1066 (7.90) 0.314 0.376 0.441 5.68 0.918
9 St. Louis Browns 133 56 76 1 .421 35.0 771 (5.80) 953 (7.17) 0.286 0.349 0.408 5.29 0.923
10 Cincinnati Reds 132 55 75 2 .417 35.0 910 (6.89) 1085 (8.22) 0.294 0.363 0.410 5.99 0.925
11 Washington Senators 132 45 87 0 .341 46.0 882 (6.68) 1122 (8.50) 0.287 0.372 0.425 5.51 0.908
12 Louisville Colonels 130 36 94 0 .277 54.0 692 (5.32) 1001 (7.70) 0.269 0.322 0.375 5.45 0.920

League leaders[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Games Played George Van Haltren New York Giants 137
At Bats Bobby Lowe Boston Beaneaters 613
Runs Scored Billy Hamilton Philadelphia Phillies 192
Hits Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 237
Doubles Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 51
Triples Heinie Reitz Baltimore Orioles 31
Home Runs Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 18
Total Bases Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 374
Runs Batted In Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 145
Stolen Bases Billy Hamilton Philadelphia Phillies 98
Walks Billy Hamilton Philadelphia Phillies 126
Hit by Pitch Hughie Jennings Baltimore Orioles 27
Strikeouts Tom Brown Louisville Colonels 73
Batting Average Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters '0.440
On-Base Percentage Billy Hamilton Philadelphia Phillies 0.523
Slugging Percentage Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 0.694
On-Base plus Slugging Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters 1.196
On-Base plus Slugging Plus Bill Joyce Washington Senators 177

Pitching[edit]

Statistic Leader Team Number
Wins Amos Rusie New York Giants 36
Losses Pink Hawley St. Louis Browns 27
Win-Loss Percentage Jouett Meekin New York Giants 0.786
Appearances Ted Breitenstein St. Louis Browns 56
Games Started Ted Breitenstein
Amos Rusie
St. Louis Browns
New York Giants
50
Complete Games Ted Breitenstein St. Louis Browns 46
Shutouts Nig Cuppy
Kid Nichols
Amos Rusie
Cleveland Spiders
Boston Beaneaters
New York Giants
3
Games Finished Nig Cuppy
Duke Esper
Pink Hawley
Win Mercer
Cleveland Spiders
Washington Senators/Baltimore Orioles
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
10
Saves Tony Mullane Baltimore Orioles/Cleveland Spiders 4
Innings Pitched Ted Breitenstein St. Louis Browns 447.1
Batters Faced Kid Nichols Boston Beaneaters 1843
Hits Allowed Ted Breitenstein St. Louis Browns 497
Home Runs Allowed Frank Dwyer
Jack Stivetts
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Beaneaters
27
Base-on-Balls Allowed Amos Rusie New York Giants 200
Hit Batsmen Kid Nichols Boston Beaneaters 9
Strikeouts Amos Rusie New York Giants 195
Wild Pitches Pink Hawley
Brickyard Kennedy
Jouett Meekin
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn Grooms
New York Giants
21
Balks George Sharrott
Adonis Terry
Brooklyn Grooms
Pittsburgh Pirates/Chicago Colts
1
Runs Allowed Ted Breitenstein St. Louis Browns 321
Earned Runs Allowed Ted Breitenstein St. Louis Browns 238
Earned Run Average Amos Rusie New York Giants 2.78
Walks plus Hits
per Inning Pitched
Jouett Meekin New York Giants 1.406

Postseason[edit]

The Temple Cup featured a match-up between two National League teams, the first place Baltimore Orioles against the second place New York Giants. The New York club won the series four games to none.

Notable events[edit]

Umpires[edit]

* Denotes a fill-in umpire